Thoughts on the 9/13/22 Nintendo Direct?

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It was good, not great.

New Fire Emblem is always a good thing. This one's gimmick didn't exactly grab me, but we'll see.

Really excited to see Octopath Traveller 2. While I really enjoyed Triangle Strategy, I assumed it meant we wouldn't get another Octopath game, or at least not for a while. Also excited for Theatrhythm since it was a really fun little game.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land remake was unexpected, but ok, I'm here for it. It's a good game, and having an excuse to play it again isn't bad. But, I actually preferred the visual style on the Wii.

Happy for those people who have been waiting for Pikmin 4, but it doesn't do anything for me.

All three Mario Party games on NSO is cool, but feels like they should have added a new system at this point. If Goldeneye has an actual multiplayer mode as opposed to find four people and exchange friend codes and work through NSO's clumsy interface, that would be cool.

TOS is one of my favorite games. I'll see if they've added enough to make another purchase justified.

So, a lot of good stuff that I'm looking forward to. It was kind of lacking that big moment though. Tears of the Kingdom didn't show much more than we've seen. Didn't really have a big first party reveal.

So, pretty good, but not the blowout I think I was hoping for considering how long its been between directs.